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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mammy says in Chapter 1 that Sarny's mother sold for the value of how many field hands?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. In what year did the United States Congress pass a Slave Trade Act which prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in the U.S. for use in the slave trade?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1865.

3. How does Sarny describe the financial circumstances of the master's family in Chapter 2?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are struggling after the war.
(c) They have gone bankrupt.
(d) They are poor.

4. What is Sarny doing when the master arrives with John in Chapter 3?
(a) Watering the flower garden.
(b) Feeding the chickens.
(c) Changing the babies' diapers.
(d) Cleaning the eating trough.

5. To whom does Mammy pray when Sarny witnesses her in Chapter 2?
(a) Saint Mary.
(b) The Great Buddha.
(c) Allah.
(d) Lord Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waller say the punishment is "according to the law" for learning to read or write in Chapter 5?

2. How would you describe Sarny's perception of life outside of the plantation in Chapter 2?

3. What emotion does John's story about his past inspire in Mammy in Chapter 4?

4. What word from Chapter 5 refers to the act of writing or marking carelessly?

5. How many miles does John say they run him in his first day in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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